WCHA Women s Hockey Season-In-Review

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1 WCHA Women s Hockey Season-In-Review Minnesota-Duluth Bulldogs Three-Time NCAA Women s Frozen Four Champions

2 BEMIDJI STATE BEAVERS Head Coach: Bruce Olson Record: , , 5th The Bemidji State University women's hockey team finished the season overall and in the WCHA a record good enough to advance the Beavers into the WCHA post-season tournament for the fourth-straight season As 2003's fifth seed in the Final Five, Bemidji State faced Ohio State in the play-in game with the winner moving on to face the tournament's No. 1 seed University of Minnesota-Duluth In the longest game in WCHA Final Five history (79:11), the Beavers fell to the Buckeyes in the final moments of the 20-minute overtime period, 4-3 OSU's Jeni Creary broke the 3-3 tie sliding a rebound just passed Anik Coté for the win The end of the marked the end of a number of Beavers' careers The class of eight seniors have been at Bemidji State for 45 of the programs 47 wins The class was headlined by Amber Fryklund. The Hibbing, Minn., native led the team with 16 goals and 21 assists. She holds the all-time record for goals (59), assists (63), and points (122) On January 11th versus MSU, Mankato, Fryklund became the first woman at Bemidji State to top the career 100- point mark Lill Raynard also made an impact on this year's version of the Beavers as she was second on the team in both goals (11) and assists (17) to Fryklund Raynard ended her career just four points shy of the 100-point plateau (96) Lisa Peters was third on the team in assists with 15. She also added three goals Peters leave BSU as the all-time leading scoring defenseman with 35 goals and 53 assists for 88 points Junior goaltender Anik Coté, capped a season in which she posted the second-best GAA in the history of the program (3.11), being named as the WCHA Student of the year The award marked the third-straight season that BSU has been home to the recipient of the WCHA award BSU also took home nine WCHA All-Academic awards including: Andrea Carlson, Cote, Guylaine Haché, Betsy Hegland, Alicia Kinsman, Ashley Medori, Peters, Raynard, and Jenny Schnickel Freshman goaltender, Jill Luebke was selected to the WCHA All-Rookie team... First-year head coach Bruce Olson coached the team to nine wins, a mark that equals for third on the teams all-time victory list for a single season. MINNESOTA GOLDEN GOPHERS Head Coach: Laura Halldorson Record: , , 2nd NCAA Frozen Four Participant The Minnesota Golden Gopher women's hockey team ended the campaign with a record, in the WCHA. Minnesota ended its season at the Frozen Four, dropping the semifinal game to Harvard and the thirdplace game to Dartmouth. Minnesota went into the championship as the third seed. It was the second consecutive year that the Gophers have been selected as one of four teams at the NCAA national championship. Minnesota has now made it to the national championship five of the six years since becoming a varsity sport Ronda Curtin and Natalie Darwitz were Team Notes named to the JOFA All-America first team. It is the first time in school history that the Gophers had two members on the first team. Curtin is the only Gopher to earn first-team All-America honors twice in her Gopher career. Darwitz is the first person to score over 60 points since Nadine Muzerall and Ambria Thomas tallied 60 in the season. Darwitz has the most points by a freshman in school history. Darwitz had 68, beating out Muzerall who had 64 in her first year as a Gopher. It ranks third in school history for the most points in a season. Krissy Wendell missed eight games due to a fractured collarbone. In just 25 games played, Wendell had 27 goals, 28 assists for 55 points. She was named to the JOFA All-America second team, the All-WCHA second team and the WCHA rookie team Curtin finishes her Gopher career with 167 points, ranking her third in school history. As a member of the Maroon and Gold, Curtin scored 60 goals and 107 assists. Of her 60 goals, 25 came on the power-play, three short-handed and 13 gamewinning goals. Winny Brodt made her mark on the Gopher history charts in her three years wearing the Minnesota jersey. She holds the school record in goals (41), assists (93) and points by a defenseman (134). Both Brodt and Curtin were Patty Kazmaier finalists and named WCHA Defensive Players of the Year Jody Horak had another stellar performance between the pipes for the Golden Gophers. On Feb. 15, Horak broke the record for most wins in a season in a 4-2 win over Minnesota-Duluth. Horak finished the year with a record and collected five shutouts. Horak was named a first-team All-WCHA and was named the WCHA Defensive Player of the Week twice this season. MINNESOTA-DULUTH BULLDOGS Head Coach: Shannon Miller Record: , , 1st WCHA Final Five Champions NCAA Champions Bulldogs (31-3-2) captured their third consecutive NCAA Championship on their home ice, in front of 5167, winning the final game 4-3 over Harvard University in the second overtime on March 23, 2003 Sophomore forward Nora Tallus tallied the game-winner for the Bulldogs after 84:19 minutes played. Tallus scored the game-winning goal after taking a total of four penalties in the game Bulldog goaltender Patricia Sautter (26-3-2) helped the team to win the title recording her career high of 41 saves in the game One of UMD's All-Tournament Team selections, senior forward Hanne Sikio scored two goals in the final game, including the gametying goal. Sikio, who finished her career with a total of 100 goals, also tallied a goal and an assist in the semifinal win against Dartmouth Another senior forward, Joanne Eustace also earned two points in the final game, assisting both the game-winning and game-tying goals. Eustace is fifth in Bulldogs career statistics with a total of 98 career points First-year forward Caroline Ouellette, who ranked second in nation's freshman scoring (31-42=73), was honored with an All-Tournament forward and the Most Valuable Player honors. Ouellette tallied the opening goal of the final game and had a short-handed goal and two assists in the semi-final game In UMD's 5-2 semifinal win over Dartmouth College, sophomore forward Larissa Luther notched the first two goals for UMD, while junior forward Jenny Potter and senior forward Maria Rooth each had two assists in the game Semi-final game's 51 shots on goal marked the most shots for UMD in NCAA competition Jenny Potter, the 2003 WCHA Player of the Year, earned her first ever NCAA National Championship title and was also named to the All-Tournament Team For nine Bulldogs this was the third NCAA title, while seven players had their second championship experience and five players won their first ever NCAA crown UMD is the only school in the three-year history of the NCAA Frozen Four, to win the title and to host the event with its team competing in the tournament With the win the Bulldogs stretched their undefeated streak in the Frozen Four competition to 6-0-0, while head coach Shannon Miller posted an amazing record of in just four years of Division I hockey Bulldogs also captured the WCHA Regular Season (21-2-1) and Playoff titles in their perfect season of UMD's 31 wins is the most wins the team has captured in one season since it started in 1999 Three UMD seniors, Maria Rooth (232), Hanne Sikio (220) and Erika Holst (204), recorded their 200th career points this season Senior defenseman Navada Russell leads the Bulldog defenseman with a total of 90 career points Erika Holst' game-winning goal in the semifinal game marked her 100th career goal, while the final game was the 100th game for senior Jenny Hempel Freshman defenseman Krista McArthur (15-24=39) led the Bulldogs in defenseman scoring, being third among all the nation's blueliners. MINNESOTA STATE MAVERICKS Head Coach: Jeff Vizenor Record: , , 7th Minnesota State ended its season with a split at home against St. Cloud State to finish overall, in the WCHA Junior netminder Shari Vogt collected her 11th career win, which tied the career wins leader Senior goalie Katie Beauduy ended her career leading MSU in wins (11), ranking second in saves (1370) and save percentage (.883) and third in goals-against average (4.07) Tristin Stephenson ended her career atop the MSU career goals list with 32. She is also the career leader in points (67), assists (35), games played (133), power-play goals (14) and gamewinning goals (4) Sophomore forward Melanie Salatino tallied 18 points in her first season as a Maverick to lead the rookies. She was third on the team, behind Stephenson and junior Amanda Osborn Minnesota State loses Beauduy, Amy Egli, Stephenson and Anne Rickbeil to graduation Minnesota State ends the season with 10 wins, the most since its inaugural season of MSU collected 77 goals and 110 assists for 187 points, more than doubling last year s output. They averaged 2.26 goals per game In the WCHA, the team finished with nine points, a team record This year, MSU had three victories and three ties against WCHA teams.

3 OHIO STATE BUCKEYES Head Coach: Jackie Barto Record: , , 4th The Ohio State women's ice hockey team finished the season fourth in the WCHA standings and at the conference tournament. The Buckeyes ended their season overall and in WCHA action. They tallied 88 goals and 130 assists, averaging 2.4 goals per game The No. 4-seed Buckeyes defeated No. 5 Bemidji State, 4-3, in overtime March 6, then fell to No. 1 Minnesota-Duluth, 4-1, March 7 and No. 3 Wisconsin, 4-1, March 8 in the 2003 WCHA Final Five Tournament at Ralph Engelstad Arena in Grand Forks, N.D. The 79:11 minutes of action March 6 against Bemidji State marked the longest game and only the second overtime in the four years of WCHA tournament history. The previous overtime was between Minnesota-Duluth and Wisconsin in 2001 and lasted 68:49 minutes Four Buckeyes claimed WCHA All-Academic Team accolades - sophomore Jeni Creary, junior Emma Laaksonen and seniors Lindsey Ogren and Lindsey Steblen. Ogren and Steblen were selected for the thirdconsecutive year and Laaksonen for the secondconsecutive year Jeni Creary claimed her first WCHA All-Tournament Team accolade. Creary scored three goals in the Buckeyes' three games at the tourney. She recorded the game-winning goal in the final seconds of the first overtime to lead No. 4-seed Ohio State to a 4-3 overtime victory over Bemidji State. Creary also notched an additional goal against BSU and the Buckeyes' lone goal against No. 3 Wisconsin The sophomore class led the Buckeye squad with 88 points. Four of the five sophomores tallied points - Jeni Creary (37), Jennifer Desson (26), Meaghan Mulvaney (18) and Jaclyn Haines (7) Seniors Shana Frost and Emily Hudak end their careers as OSU's all-time leaders in career points. Frost tallied 98 points (46-52) and Hudak, all-time assist leader, recorded 85 points (15-70) Ten Buckeyes reached double-digits in points this season. Last season, only seven players obtained more than nine points. The current record is 12 players from Six players ended the season with a plus rating: Meaghan Mulvaney +14, Jeni Creary +6, Jennifer Desson +6, Jaclyn Haines +8, Emma Laaksonen +5, Jana Harrigan +2. ST. CLOUD STATE HUSKIES Head Coach: Jason Lesteberg Record: , , 6th St. Cloud State concluded its first season with Jason Lesteberg as head coach. A 1996 graduate of Gustavus Adolphus and former Division III All-American with the Gusties, Lesteberg led SCSU to an overall record this season and a record in the always rugged WCHA. Lesteberg's SCSU squad featured five seniors, including forwards Abby Cooper, Erin McNamara, Jennifer Swanson and Amanda Mathison along with goalie Laura Gieselman. This group represented SCSU's first group of recruited student-athletes to play at the University As the Huskies look ahead to the season, a total of eight skaters from the team's top 10 scorers are eligible to return from this year's team. Tops on that list of heavy hitters is team scoring leader Carrie Holldorf, who had during her first year at SCSU (of note, she is a transfer from Providence). SCSU's other top returning scorers include Melanie Pudsey ( ), Ashley Stewart ( ) and Roxanne Stang ( ). On defense, WCHA All-Rookie selection Kelly Stewart is slated to be back for her sophomore season in At the year-end team banquet, the Huskies named senior goalie Laura Gieselman as the team's Most Valuable Player for A three-time WCHA All-Academic award winner, Gieselman also gained the team's Academic Achievement award and was named the St. Cloud Times Star of the Season for Gieselman leaves campus as the owner of virtually every SCSU goaltending record -- including her 3.27 GAA and.899 saves percentage in The team's other award winners this season included first year defender Randy Jelinksi (Most Improved Player), senior forward/defender Amanda Mathison (Most Determined Player) and first year forward Ashley Stewart (Rookie-of-the- Year) On the subject of , defender Kobi Kawamoto will serve once again as the team's captain. Kawamoto, a resident of Surrey, B.C., had three goals and nine assists during her junior season with SCSU in She will be joined next winter by assistant captains junior Leanne Perrin, a defender from Maple Ridge, B.C.; and sophomore Tina Ciraulo, a resident of Fraser, Mich. Junior forward Roxanne Stang moved into the team's career point leader position this season. Since 2000, Stang has charted 89 career points, two more then former leader Fiona McLeod, who had 87 points from Stang is the Huskies' all-time career goal leader with 58. Another record setter in , was senior forward Abby Cooper, who leaves campus having played in a total of 134 games during her career and that moves her past previous record owner Tara McNamara (126 from ). Cooper leaves SCSU ranked third in team records with 77 career points ( ). Her 35 career goals are second best in team history and her 42 assists are also second in team history Huskies' team leaders: Points - Carrie Holldorf 25; Goals - Ashley Stewart 11; Assists - Holldorf 17; Power Play Goals - Melanie Pudsey, Roxanne Stang and Erin McNamara 4; Shorthanded Goals - Kelly Stewart and Holldorf 1; Game Winning Goals - Ashley Stewart 4; PIM - Tina Ciraulo 24-56; Goals Against Average - Laura Gieselman 3.27, Saves Percentage - Laura Gieselman.899; Saves - Laura Gieselman 625; Goalie Minutes Player :34; Goalie Won-Loss Record: Laura Gieselman SCSU was at the National Hockey Center this season, and the Huskies were on the road. The season included non-conference road trips to Niagara, Mercyhurst, North Dakota and Wayne State. WISCONSIN BADGERS Head Coach: Mark Johnson Record: , , 3rd Wisconsin continued to improve in its fourth season, tying the school record with 22 wins and setting the school winning percentage mark The Badgers went over their last 12 conference games to tie for the best in the league with two other schools Wisconsin set school marks with a nine-game winning-streak and a TABLE OF CONTENTS League Notebook WCHA Honors 2 WCHA Standings 3 NCAA Frozen Four 5 IFC-1 WCHA Championship 6-7 Bemidji State Statistics 8-9 Minnesota Statistics Minnesota-Duluth Statistics Minnesota State Statistics Ohio State Statistics St. Cloud State Statistics Wisconsin Statistics WCHA Statistics Overall Statistics pair of 10-game unbeaten streaks Senior captain and defender Sis Paulsen led the team with 31 points, earning second team All-WCHA and WCHA All-Tournament. She finished her career as the all-time leading scorer among WCHA defenders with 130 points Teammate Kerry Weiland finished her career second with 124 points) Wisconsin loses eight seniors including Paulsen, Kendra Antony, Kathy Devereaux, Kelly Kegley, Jackie MacMillan, Julia Ortenzio, Michelle Sikich and Kerry Weiland Paulsen (130), Weiland (124) and Antony (159) finished their careers with over 100 points. Junior Meghan Hunter (149) also has over 100 points for her career Goaltender Jackie MacMillan finished her career as the WCHA leader with 75 wins, 15 shutouts, 121 games played and 6999:28 minutes played Thirteen Badgers scored in double-figures, trailing only UMD s 14 for tops in the WCHA Head coach Mark Johnson earned WCHA Co-Coach of the Year with UMD s Shannon Miller The Badgers finished ranked sixth in the final USA Today/American Hockey Magazine Poll, the highest finish in program history. 1

4 WCHA Honors All-WCHA First Team Position Name School Yr. Hometown Forward Jenny Potter Minnesota-Duluth Jr. Edina, Minn. Forward Natalie Darwitz Minnesota Fr. Eagan, Minn. Forward Caroline Ouellette Minnesota-Duluth So. Montreal, Quebec Defense Krista McArthur Minnesota-Duluth Fr. Alliston, Ontario Defense Ronda Curtin Minnesota Sr. Roseville, Minn. Goaltender Shari Vogt Minnesota State Jr. Richmond, Minn. Goaltender Jody Horak Minnesota So. Blaine, Minn. All-WCHA Second Team Position Name School Yr. Hometown Forward Maria Rooth Minnesota-Duluth Sr. Angelholm, Sweden Forward Krissy Wendell Minnesota Fr. Brooklyn Park, Minn. Forward Erika Holst Minnesota-Duluth Sr. Varberg, Sweden Defense Sis Paulsen Wisconsin Sr. Eau Claire, Wis. Defense Kerry Weiland Wisconsin Sr. Palmer, Alaska WCHA All-Rookie Team Position Name School Yr. Hometown Forward Krissy Wendell Minnesota Fr. Brooklyn Park, Minn. Forward Natalie Darwitz Minnesota Fr. Eagan, Minn. Forward Caroline Ouellette Minnesota-Duluth So. Montreal, Quebec Defense Krista McArthur Minnesota-Duluth Fr. Alliston, Ontario Defense Kelly Stewart St. Cloud State Fr. Toronto, Ontario Goaltender Jill Luebke Bemidji State Fr. Neenah, Wis. Player of the Year: Jenny Potter Minnesota-Duluth Rookie of the Year: Natalie Darwitz Minnesota Defensive Player of the Year: Ronda Curtin Minnesota Student-Athlete of the Year: Anik Cote Bemidji State Co-Coach of the Year: Shannon Miller Minnesota-Duluth Mark Johnson Wisconsin WCHA All-Academic Team To earn a position on the WCHA All-Academic Team, each player must meet the following criteria: 1). Must have completed at least one year of eligibility at present institution, prior to current academic year. 2). Have a grade-point average of at least 3.0 for the two previous semesters or three quarters. 3). Have competed in at least one-half of her institution s varsity intercollegiate ice hockey games during the current season (goaltenders must have played in 33 percent of all games). Bemidji State (9) Andrea Carlson, St. Cloud, Minn. Anik Cote, Grand Falls, N.B. Guylaine Hache, Petit-Rocher, N.B. Betsy Hegland, Farmington, Minn. Alicia Kinsman, Priceville, Ont. Ashley Medori, Onoway, Alta. Lisa Peters, Steinbach, Man. Lill Raynard, Clifford, Ont. Jenny Schnickel, Coon Rapids, Minn. Minnesota (9) Gwen Anderson, North St. Paul, Minn. Kelsey Bills, Carstairs, Alta. Winny Brodt, Roseville, Minn. Melissa Coulombe, St. Pierre- Jolys, Man. Ronda Curtin, Roseville, Minn. Cecilia Retelle, Madison, Wis. Kelly Stephens, Shoreline, Wash. Noelle Sutton, Maple Grove, Minn. Stacy Troumbly, Bovey, Minn. Minnesota-Duluth (5) Erika Holst, Varberg, Sweden Satu Kiipeli, Oulu, Finland Michelle McAteer, Scarborough, Ont. Jenny Potter, Edina, Minn. Maria Rooth, Angelholm, Sweden Patricia Sautter, Schaffhausen, Switzerland Julianne Vasichek, Great Falls, Mont. Minnesota State (9) Katie Beauduy, Blaine, Minn. Amy Egli, St. Peter, Minn. Sandra Hood, Aurora, Ill. Nicole Magnuson, Chisago, Minn. Amanda Osborn, Briar, Wash. Robyn Shaw, Brampton, Ont. Tristin Stephenson, Ashland, Wis. Elaine Topolnisky, Logan Lake, B.C. Shari Vogt, Richmond, Minn. Ohio State (4) Jeni Creary, Shell Lake, Sask. Emma Laaksonen, Espoo, Finland Lindsey Ogren, North Oaks, Minn. Lindsey Steblen, Clayton, N.Y. St. Cloud State (4) Jennifer Swanson, Rosemount, Minn. Amanda Mathison, Newport, Minn. Erin McNamara, Macomb, Mich. Laura Gieselman, Annandale, Minn. 2 Wisconsin (14) Kendra Antony, Yorkton, Sask. Katherine Devereaux, Seaforth, Ont. Jackie Friesen, Regina, Sask. Meghan Hunter, Oil Springs, Ont. Kelly Kegley, Inver Grove Heights, Minn. Jackie MacMillan, Buffalo, Minn. Stephanie Millar, Hudson, Wis. Julia Ortenzio, Eden Prairie, Minn. Sis Paulsen, Eau Claire, Wis. Karen Rickard, Bowmanville, Ont. Michelle Sikich, Apple Valley, Minn. Nicole Uliasz, Chalfont, Pa. Amy Vermeulen, Saskatoon, Sask. Kerry Weiland, Palmer, Alaska

5 WCHA Standings Conference Overall GP W L T PTS GF GA GP W L T GF GA Minnesota-Duluth*^ Minnesota Wisconsin Ohio State Bemidji State St. Cloud State Minnesota State * WCHA Women s Final Five winner ^ NCAA Champions BULLDOGS CROWNED NCAA CHAMPS FOR THIRD YEAR Minnesota-Duluth became the first host school to win an NCAA title on its home ice when it defeated Harvard for its third consecutive championship. UMD, winner of all three NCAA titles, took 84:19 to earn its latest championship. Nora Tallus scored at 4:19 of the second overtime notching the championship-winning goal for the Bulldog 4-3 victory over Harvard. The contest, the longest in NCAA women s hockey history, was played in front of the largest crowd in NCAA Women s Frozen Four history and the second largest women s collegiate ice hockey crowd of all-time with 5,167 people in attendance MINNESOTA-DULUTH SWEEPS LEAGUE TITLES Minnesota-Duluth became the first WCHA school to take the regular-season, post-season and NCAA titles in the same year. The Bulldogs went to gain its four-point cushion for the regular-season title. UMD then defeated Ohio State, 6-1, and Minnesota, 5-3 in the title game, to win the 2003 WCHA Women s Final Five. COACH OF THE YEAR Minnesota-Duluth head coach Shannon Miller led the Bulldogs to their third consecutive NCAA title and was named the 2003 American Hockey Coaches Association University Division Coach of the Year. Wisconsin head coach Mark Johnson, the WCHA Co-Coach of the Year with Miller, along with Minnesota head coach Laura Halldorson, made the list of eight finalists. FIVE ALL-AMERICANS Five league members representing two teams were selected to the Jofa/AHCA All-American Team. One half of the six-member first team were WCHA players, with Minnesota defender Ronda Curtin and forward Natalie Darwitz, as well as Minnesota-Duluth forward Jenny Potter named to the squad. Minnesota-Duluth forward Maria Rooth and Minnesota forward Krissy Wendell were selected to the second team. THREE FINAL RANKED TEAMS Three WCHA teams made the final list of ranked teams, while four teams were listed in the poll during some point during the season. Minnesota-Duluth completed the season as the topranked team in the USA Today/American Hockey Magazine Poll after winning the NCAA title. Minnesota finished fourth with its fourth-place result at the NCAA Frozen Four. Wisconsin also finished ranked No. 6 in the final poll. The four teams that were ranked during the season and their highest ranking: Minnesota-Duluth Minnesota Wisconsin Ohio State 1st 1st 5th 10th FIRST IN ATTENDANCE The Western Collegiate Hockey Association led the nation in attendance in each of the first three years of its existence and it can now add a fourth year to the streak. For its 116 regular-season tilts, the WCHA attracted 70,481 fans for a 608 average. The ECAC ranked second at 322 fans per game. LEAGUE TOTAL/DATES AVERAGE WCHA 70,481/116* 608 ECAC 46,112/ CHA 15,821/63* 251 Hockey East 22,397/95* 236 * Missing attendance for one or more games. PATTY KAZMAIER FINALISTS Four players from the WCHA were named to the list of 10 finalists for The Patty Kazmaier Memorial Award. Two each from Minnesota-Duluth and Minnesota were among the group. Bulldog forwards Jenny Potter and Maria Rooth, along with Golden Gopher forwards Natalie Darwitz and Krissy Wendell were honored. Rooth became a four-time finalist with the honor, while Jenny Potter made the cut and was among the final three choices. 3

6 USCHO.com s Division I Women's Ratings Percentage Index Rk Team GP W-L-T RPI 1 Minnesota-Duluth Harvard Minnesota Dartmouth New Hampshire Wisconsin Providence St. Lawrence Princeton Mercyhurst Brown Ohio State Bemidji State Connecticut Niagara St. Cloud State Minnesota State Maine Boston College Northeastern Findlay Colgate North Dakota Cornell Yale Wayne State Vermont Quinnipiac USA Today/American Hockey Magazine Women's College Hockey Poll - #23 - FINAL (first-place votes in parentheses) Last Record 1 Minnesota-Duluth, 120 (12) Harvard, Dartmouth, Minnesota, Providence, Wisconsin, New Hampshire, St. Lawrence, Princeton, Mercyhurst, Others receiving votes: Brown 5. The WCHA vs... Nonconference Nonconference HOCKEY EAST Connecticut Ohio State 1-0; Wisconsin 2-0 New Hampshire Minnesota 1-0; Ohio State 0-2; Wisconsin Northeastern Wisconsin 2-0 Providence Minnesota-Duluth 2-0; Ohio State 0-1 ECAC Brown Minnesota 1-0; Minnesota-Duluth Dartmouth Minnesota 0-1; Minnesota-Duluth 2-0; Ohio State 0-1 Harvard Minnesota 1-0; Minnesota-Duluth 0-1 Princeton Ohio State 1-1 St. Lawrence Minnesota 2-0; Ohio State 0-1; Wisconsin 1-0 CHA Findlay Bemidji State 2-0; Minnesota 2-0; Minnesota State 2-0; Ohio State 1-0 Mercyhurst Bemidji State 0-2; Minnesota State 0-2; Ohio State 0-1; St. Cloud State 0-2; Wisconsin 2-0 Niagara St. Cloud State 0-1 Wayne State Minnesota State 2-0; St. Cloud State 1-1 INDEPENDENTS North Dakota Bemidji State 2-1-1; Minnesota State 1-1; Minnesota-Duluth 2-0; St. Cloud State 4-0 Quinnipiac Minnesota State 2-0; St. Cloud State 1-0 4

7 2003 NCAA Women s Frozen Four Duluth, Minn. SEMIFINALS CHAMPIONSHIP CHAMPION (1) Minnesota-Duluth Friday, March 21: 4 p.m. Minnesota-Duluth, 5-2 (4) Dartmouth Sunday, March 23: 4 p.m. Minnesota-Duluth, 4-3 (2OT) (2) Harvard Friday, March 21: 7 p.m. Harvard, 6-1 (3) Minnesota Dartmouth Minnesota THIRD-PLACE Sunday, March 23 Dartmouth, NCAA All-Tournament Jenny Potter Jr. Minn.-Duluth Forward Edina, Minnesota Hanne Sikio Sr. Minn.-Duluth Forward Lempaala, Finland Julie Chu Fr. Harvard Forward Fairfield, Connecticut Angela Ruggiero Jr. Harvard Defender Harper Woods, Michigan Caroline Ouellette So. Minn.-Duluth Defender Montreal, Quebec Amy Ferguson Sr. Dartmouth Goaltender Pictou, Nova Scotia Most Outstanding Player Caroline Ouellette So. Minn.-Duluth Defender Montreal, Quebec March 21, 2003: Semifinal Game 1 Harvard vs. Minnesota DECC, Duluth, Minn. Harvard = 6 Minnesota = 1 1st HU-Chu (Botterill) 18:49 1st HU-McAuliffe 19:12 2nd HU-Chu (Hagerman, Banfield) 13:25 2nd HU-Ruggiero (Chu) 19:16 3rd UM-Darwitz (Curtin, Stephens) 11:45 3rd HU-Ruggiero (Van Reesema) 16:42 3rd HU-Catlin (Chu, Botterill) 18:08 Harvard-SOG: 32, PP: 0-1, P-min: 5-10 Minnesota-SOG: 21, PP:0-3, P-min: 3-6 Goaltenders-HU-Ruddock ( =40); UM-Horak (3-10-5=18), 56:37 Officials- Referee-Brad Shepherd; Assistant Referees- Danyel Howard, Pat Silva Attendance-NA March 21, 2003: Semifinal Game 2 Dartmouth vs. Minnesota-Duluth DECC, Duluth, Minn. Dartmouth = 2 Minnesota-Duluth = 5 1st UMD-Luther (Ouellette, Rooth) 3:51^ 2nd DC-Dornfried (Clark) 5:24 2nd UMD-Luther (Potter, Sikio) 7:30 2nd UMD-Holst (Ouellette, Rooth) 9:38 2nd UMD-Ouellette 15:21* 2nd DC-BreMiller 16:20 3rd UMD-Sikio (McArthur, Potter) 5:10^ ^- power-play goal *- short-handed goal Dartmouth-SOG: 30, PP: 0-6, P-min: 7-14 Minn.-Duluth-SOG: 51, PP: 2-6, P-min: 7-14 Goaltenders-DC-Ferguson ( =46); UMD-Sautter ( =28) Officials- Referee-Bob Ritchie; Assistant Referees- Kelli O Brian, Evonne Young Attendance-4801 March 23, 2003: Consolation Game Dartmouth vs. Minnesota DECC, Duluth, Minn. Dartmouth = 4 Minnesota = 2 1st DC-Clark (Pietrangelo, Catlin) 11:36 1st DC-Hagge (Haggard) 12:20 1st DC-Catlin (Weatherston) 13:05 2nd DC-Clark (Dornfried) 4:42 3rd UM-Wendell (Coulombe, W. Brodt) 15:25 3rd UM-Darwitz (Wendell, Curtin) 16:41^ ^- power-play goal Dartmouth-SOG: 27, PP: 0-2, P-min: 5-10 Minnesota-SOG: 36, PP:1-4, P-min: 3-6 Goaltenders-DC-Ferguson (8-5-14=27); UM-Reinen (4-x-x=4), 13:05; UM-Horak ( =27), 45:21 Officials- Referee-Jay Mendel; Assistant Referees- Ron Storey, Lisa Schlatter Attendance-NA March 23, 2003: Championship Game Harvard vs. Minnesota-Duluth DECC, Duluth, Minn. Harvard = 3 Minn.-Duluth = 4 1st UMD-Ouellette (Potter) 5:17 1st UMD-Sikio 12:30 2nd HU-Botterill 0:21 2nd HU-McAuliffe (Corriero, Hagerman) 0:44 2nd HU-Corriero (Hagerman, Banfield) 14:46 2nd UMD-Sikio (Eustace) 17:34 2OT UMD-Tallus (Holst, Eustace) 4:19 Harvard-SOG: 44, PP: 0-6, P-min: 8-24 Minn.-Duluth-SOG: 41, PP:0-5, P-min: 8-16 Goaltenders-HU-Ruddock ( =37), 84:18; UMD-Sautter ( =41), 84:19 Officials- Referee-Brad Shepherd; Assistant Referees- Danyel Howard, Pat Silva Attendance

8 2003 WCHA WOMEN S FINAL FIVE, GRAND FORKS, N.D. QUARTERFINALS SEMIFINALS CHAMPIONSHIP CHAMPION Thursday, March 6 Friday, March 7 Saturday, March 8 Minnesota-Duluth (2) Minnesota Minnesota, 3-1 (3) Wisconsin Minnesota-Duluth, 5-3 (1) Minnesota-Duluth (4) Ohio State Minnesota-Duluth, 6-1 Ohio State, 5-3 Wisconsin (5) Bemidji State THIRD-PLACE Saturday, March 8 Wisconsin, 4-1 Ohio State PLAYERS OF THE WEEK Offensive Oct. 15 Jeni Creary, Ohio State Oct. 22 Erika Holst, Minn.-Duluth Oct. 29 Erika Holst, Minn.-Duluth Nov. 5 Jenny Potter, Minn.-Duluth Nov. 12 La Toya Clarke, Minnesota Nov. 19 Natalie Darwitz, Minnesota Nov. 26 Krissy Wendell, Minnesota Dec. 3 Hanne Sikio, Minn.-Duluth Dec. 10 Jenny Potter, Minn.-Duluth Dec. 16 Carrie Holldorf, St. Cloud State Jan. 14 Lill Raynard, Bemidji State Jan. 21 Amanda Osborn, Minn. State Jan. 28 Katie Ward, Bemidji State Feb. 3 Jenny Potter, Minn.-Duluth Feb. 10 Sis Paulsen, Wisconsin Feb. 17 Amber Fryklund, Bemidji State Feb. 24 Jenny Potter, Minn.-Duluth Mar. 4 Jennifer Desson, Ohio State Defensive Oct. 15 Nicole Uliasz, Wisconsin Oct. 22 Shari Vogt, Minnesota State Oct. 29 Jody Horak, Minnesota Nov. 5 Anik Coté, Bemidji State Nov. 12 Patricia Sautter, Minn.-Duluth Nov. 19 Shari Vogt, Minnesota State Nov. 26 Jackie MacMillan, Wisconsin Dec. 3 Emily Hudak, Ohio State Dec. 10 Jackie MacMillan, Wisconsin Dec. 16 Emma Laaksonen, Ohio State Jan. 14 Jackie MacMillan, Wisconsin Jan. 21 Laura Gieselman, St. Cloud St. Jan. 28 Jill Luebke, Bemidji State Feb. 3 Brie Anderson, St. Cloud State Feb. 10 Lindsay McCulloch, Minn. State Feb. 17 Jaclyn Haines, Ohio State Feb. 24 Jackie MacMillan, Wisconsin Mar. 4 Jody Horak, Minnesota Rookie Oct. 15 Natalie Darwitz, Minnesota Oct. 22 Krissy Wendell, Minnesota Oct. 29 Krissy Wendell, Minnesota Nov. 5 Natalie Darwitz, Minnesota Nov. 12 Ashley Stewart, St. Cloud St. Nov. 19 Krissy Wendell, Minnesota Nov. 26 Natalie Darwitz, Minnesota Dec. 3 Krista McArthur, Minn.-Duluth Dec. 10 Caroline Ouellette, Minn.-Duluth Dec. 16 Krista McArthur, Minn.-Duluth Jan. 14 Natalie Darwitz, Minnesota Jan. 21 Krissy Wendell, Minnesota Jan. 28 Caroline Ouellette, Minn.-Duluth Feb. 3 Natalie Darwitz, Minnesota Feb. 10 Caroline Ouellette, Minn.-Duluth Feb. 17 Caroline Ouellette, Minn.-Duluth Feb. 24 Natalie Darwitz, Minnesota Mar. 4 Jana Harrigan, Ohio State 6

9 2003 WCHA All-Tournament Erika Holst Sr. Minnesota-Duluth Forward Varberg, Sweden La Toya Clarke Jr. Minnesota Forward Pickering, Ont. Jeni Creary So. Ohio State Forward Shell Lake, Sask. Winny Brodt Sr. Minnesota Defense Roseville, Minn. Sis Paulsen Sr. Wisconsin Defense Eau Claire, Wis. Patricia Sautter Sr. Minnesota-Duluth Goaltender Schaffhausen, Switzerland Most Outstanding Player Kristy Zamora Sr. Brown Forward Oshawa, Ontario Game 1: March 6, 2003 Bemidji State vs. Ohio State Engelstad Arena, Grand Forks, N.D. Bemidji State = 3 Ohio State = 4 1st OSU-Harrigan 00:19 1st BSU-Stimson (Fryklund, Raynard) 17:46 1st BSU-Fryklund (Stimson, Raynard) 18:50 2nd BSU-Raynard (Schnickel, Fryklund) 8:05^ 2nd OSU-Creary (Desson) 18:47 3rd OSU-Mulvaney 00:36 OT OSU-Creary (Mulvaney, Desson) 19:11 ^-power play goal Bemidji State-SOG: 24, PP:1-5, P-min: 3-6 Ohio State-SOG: 44, PP:0-2, P-min: 6-12 Goaltenders-BSU-Cote ( =40); OSU-Stojak ( =21) Officials- Referee-Brad Shepherd; Assistant Referees- Tina Leeling, Lisa Schlatter Attendance-443. Game 2: March 7, 2003 Minnesota vs. Wisconsin Engelstad Arena, Grand Forks, N.D. Minnesota = 3 Wisconsin = 1 1st UW-Millar (Burish, Boeckmann) 9:37 1st UM-Darwitz (Stephens) 19:42^ 3rd UM-Brodt (Bills, Clarke) 00:31 3rd UM-Clarke 5:09* ^-power-play goal *-short-handed goal Minnesota-SOG: 31, PP: 0-5, P-min: 5-10 Wisconsin-SOG: 31, PP: 1-3, P-min: 3-6 Goaltenders-UM-Horak ( =30); UW-MacMillan (13-9-6=28), 58:08 Officials- Referee-Jay Mendel; Assistant Referees- Ray Doocy, Ron Storey Attendance-523 Game 3: March 7, 2003 Ohio State vs. Minnesota-Duluth Engelstad Arena, Grand Forks, N.D. Ohio State = 1 Minnesota-Duluth = 6 1st UMD-Holst, Ouellette, Rooth 9:44 1st UMD-Hempel (Guest) 16:49 2nd UMD-Holst (Ouellette, Vasichek) 4:02 2nd UMD-Eustace (McArthur, Potter) 10:30^ 3rd OSU-Harrigan 2:01 3rd UMD-Ouellette (Potter, Sikio) 5:12 3rd UMD-Ouellette (Holst) 13:41 ^-power play goal Ohio State-SOG: 18, PP: 0-4, P-min: 6-12 Minn.-Duluth-SOG: 48, PP: 1-4, P-min: 6-12 Goaltenders-OSU-Stojak ( =42); UMD-Sautter (9-4-4=17) Officials- Referee-Rick Larsen; Assistant Referees- Kelli O Brian, Evonne Young Attendance-588 Third Place Game: March 8, 2003 Ohio State vs. Wisconsin Engelstad Arena, Grand Forks, N.D. Ohio State = 1 Wisconsin = 4 2nd UW-Antony (Devereaux, Vermeulen)1:59 2nd UW-Sikich (Kegley, Paulsen) 4:40 3rd UW-Millar (Devereaux, Vermeulen) 1:37 3rd UW-Vermeulen (Hunter, Paulsen) 6:58 3rd OSU-Creary (Frost) 8:48^ ^-power play goal Ohio State-SOG: 19, PP: 1-3, P-min: 6-12 Wisconsin-SOG: 27, PP:0-4, P-min: 5-10 Goaltenders-OSU-Stojak (5-12-6=23); UW-MacMillan (3-7-8=18) Officials- Referee-Jay Mendel; Assistant Referees- Kelli O Brian, Evonne Young Attendance-545 Championship Game: March 8, 2003 Minnesota-Duluth vs. Minnesota Engelstad Arena, Grand Forks, N.D. Minnesota-Duluth = 5 Minnesota = 3 1st UM-Stephens 10:38 1st UMD-Ouellette (McArthur) 19:40 2nd UMD-Potter (Sikio) 1:25 2nd UMD-Holst (Ouellette, Rooth) 10:03 2nd UMD-Holst (Rooth) 11:15 3rd UM-Clarke (Darwitz, Albrecht) 8:29^ 3rd UM-Stephens (Curtin) 8:45^ 3rd UMD-Tallus (Rooth) 12:18^ ^-power play goal Minn.-Duluth-SOG:38, PP: 1-6, P-min: 8-16 Minnesota-SOG: 35, PP: 2-6, P-min: 8-16 Goaltenders-UMD-Sautter ( =32); UM-Horak ( =33), 58:50 Officials- Referee-Brad Shepherd; Assistant Referees- Ray Doocy, Ron Storey Attendance-647

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52 Minnesota-Duluth Bulldogs WCHA Regular-Season Champions 2003 WCHA Women s Final Five Champions